Best History Museums Spot List

An octagonal, three-story western-style home in Maiko Park

An open-air museum where historical buildings having high cultural value are restored and displayed on a large site.

Experience the charm of The Tale of Genji using all five senses

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

Built on the Naniwanomiya Site, the museum allows visitors to learn about the history of Osaka from ancient times to the present.

The building and the interior itself are the display! Experience Kyoto's elegance

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

Fukumatsu Tanaka, the ”Herring Magnate” leader of a fisherman's union, built this lodge in Tomari-mura. Displays include implements related to the herring industry

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Once a storehouse, now a museum showcasing Otaru's history and nature

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Discover the history of a beer dating back to Hokkaido's frontier age

This museum was once a ferry that connected Japan's main island to Hokkaido

Reproduces the streets of Fukagawa Saga-cho in the Edo Period so visitors can see the scene and lifestyle of that period.

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